Posterior Instrumentation for Treatment of Active Dorsolumbar Tuberculosis with Kyphosis
10.4055/jkoa.1989.24.3.660
- Author:
Myung Sang MOON
;
Young Kyun WOO
;
In Young OK
;
Kyu Sung LEE
;
Yong Koo KANG
;
Kee Yong HA
;
Seong Soo KIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Kyphosis;
Tuberculosis;
Treatment;
Instrumentation;
AIF
- MeSH:
Child;
Drug Therapy;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Immobilization;
Kyphosis;
Parents;
Spine;
Transplants;
Tuberculosis;
Tuberculosis, Spinal
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1989;24(3):660-665
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Since researches and clinical experiences up to now provide us with little helps in predicting what type of spinal tuberculosis will result in good healing by chemotherapy alone without kyphosis or with minimum kyphosis, it seems impractical to await natural healing with unsightly kyphosis. Therefore, my opinion is that surgery to achieve early cure and to correct and/or prevent kyphosis is desirable. The two-stage operation
